In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz had the audacity to say that:
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> Alex Castellanos: Obama the Open Source president
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>| CNN analyst Alex Castellanos â?? one of the Republican pundits on a rather
>| large team of political experts on hand on Election Day â?? made both a very
>| interesting and poignant point about the incoming presidency and the
>| possibility of its â??open sourceâ?? nature.
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> http://larrythefreesoftwareguy.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/alex-castellanos-obama-the-open-source-president/
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> How Web 2.0 helped Obama win
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>| It became something of a running joke that McCain talked about the need
>| for â??net neutralityâ?? yet wasnâ??t someone who even used email himself. His lack
>| of technology prowess was lampooned in the press, and at the tech-savvy
>| Personal Democracy Forum conference in June, Mark Soohoo, McCain's deputy
>| e-campaign director, drew laughter when he said, "You don't necessarily have
>| to use a computer to understand how it shapes the country ... John McCain is
>| aware of the Internet."
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> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2008/11/how_web_20_help.html
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> Will Obama be an open source president?
Well, for certain if members of his party get their wish, and pass 'The
Fairness Doctrine,' the radio waves won't be 'open' as the government will
squelch whatever speech they determine is necessary to achieve 'fairness,'
whatever that is.
True, Obama has not voiced support of a bill like this, but will he be able
to stand up to the ideologues of his party who support it? Time will
tell.
*R* *H*
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"His one secret thought, became like a chain, binding down his spirit, and,
like a serpent, gnawing into his heart; and he was transformed into a sad
and downcast, yet irritable man."
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Roger Malvin's Burial"
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